Donald Trump is declaring victory in his trade war with China. Of course he is. He always claims victory, even — in fact, especially — when he loses. Remember the 2018 midterm elections? You’d have thought Republicans had won every seat and exacted punitive damages from Democrats who’d had the temerity to run against them. Trump…
Category: Farmers
Reuters Reports Trump Voting Farmers Blame Bureaucrats and Embrace CTs to Explain Farm Woes.
I should have seen this coming, but I don’t live in a rural community. Many U.S. farmers fume at Washington, not Trump, over biofuel, trade policies Instead of directing their anger at Trump, dozens of farmers interviewed by Reuters blasted the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other Washington institutions they believe are thwarting his…
Trump's ag secretary calls farmers 'whiners' after listening to their complaints about trade war
So if your administration’s policies had screwed one of your boss’s key constituencies sideways, do you think you might hold off on insulting them to their faces? Well, not if you’re part of this administration, which has an uncanny knack for always making things worse. At a listening session last week in Minnesota, Secretary of…
Farmers confront Trump's ag secretary: 'We are not doing great again'
Apparently, the metric shit-ton of manure Donald Trump spread over the Midwest while running for president has not materially improved the outlook for the region’s farmers. They’re worried, anxious, and increasingly pissed off, as Trump’s agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, learned today during a panel discussion at a fair in rural Minnesota. And, more and more,…
North Dakota farmer: Trump 'took away all of our markets'
As the trade war limps along exactly as you’d expect a policy launched by a failed casino owner would, real people are taking it on the chin. One of those folks is a farmer from a reliably red state that voted for Trump by a more than 2-to-1 margin. Yahoo! Finance: “This trade thing is what’s…
Larger Farms Find Way to Get Around Limits on Trump Tariff Aid Package.
Trump starts a trade war with China. The Chinese hit our farmers with tariffs in retaliation. Trump throws some money at the farmers to compensate them for their losses. There is supposed to be a “federal cap” on how much money a farmer receives in compensation. Turns out that the farmers with larger farms figured…
SD-Sen: Mike Rounds (R) Admits That Trump's Trade War Has Cost South Dakota Billions Of Dollars
From Axios: Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) told Axios' Mike Allen on Thursday that President Trump's trade war with China has caused the price of his state's soybeans to plummet 20%, costing South Dakota half a billion dollars. Why it matters: Data show America's farmers have gone through significant economic pain as a result of the ongoing U.S.-China…
GA-Sen: Teresa Tomlinson (D) Slams Perdue (R) For Slowalking Securing Disaster Relief For Farmers
Received this e-mail today from former Columbus, GA Mayor Teresa Tomlinson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Teresa Tomilson (D. GA) Finally, after more than seven months, Georgia farmers, and all those who suffered from the devastation caused by Hurricane Michael are getting the disaster relief they deserve. It’s been 239 days since Hurricane Michael made…
GA-Sen: Teresa Tomilson (D) Slams Perdue (R) For Slowalking Securing Disaster Relief For Farmers
Received this e-mail today from former Columbus, GA Mayor Teresa Tomilson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Teresa Tomilson (D. GA) Finally, after more than seven months, Georgia farmers, and all those who suffered from the devastation caused by Hurricane Michael are getting the disaster relief they deserve. It’s been 239 days since Hurricane Michael made…
This Article About Kentucky Farmers May Explain Why All Farmers Sing From the Same Hymnal.
A retired Kentucky farmer who only does limited farming now has written a short article about how Republican land owners and Republican bankers are keeping dissent down on the farm against Trump’s trade war with China. Besides the trade war, there is budget that cuts insurance subsidies by 15%, and what subsidies are available will…
Besides Trump's Tariffs, Overproduction Is Hurting Farmers.
There is so little good information about what is going on with farmers, especially in KY, if you are not plugged into a rural community that is (I’m a city boy in Louisville). But I came upon this report that came out before the Chinese trade talks tanked. Why this report by WKU and NPR…
Farmers are reportedly running out of patience with Trump and his trade war
I wouldn’t be so sure about farm country coming out in droves for Donald J. Trump in 2020. Many farmers wanted Trump to get tough on China, but the guy who mysteriously lost money running casinos surprisingly has no idea what he’s doing when it comes to complex trade agreements. And farmers are increasingly desperate and…
ND-Sen: TPM, “Kevin Cramer’s (R) Campaign Images Shot Far From Fargo”
FAIL! The top Senate candidate’s website is replete with Getty stock images from around the globe, from Serbia to Indonesia, Hungary to the United Kingdom, to illustrate his made-in-America political views. One notable shot: Cramer, a staunch ally of Trump who has campaigned heavily on a border-security crackdown, uses a stock image to illustrate the “Illegal immigration and sanctuary…
What Is It About Buenos Aires and Republicans? Ag. Sec. Perdue Gives American Farmers Bad News.
Josh Marshall at TPM flagged this Reuters article of U.S. Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue telling American farmers, “Yeah, you’re screwed by Trump tariffs.” Perdue said in an interview on the sidelines of the G20 meeting of agriculture ministers in Buenos Aires that the plan would include between $7 billion and $8 billion in direct cash…
Too Bad Trump's Tariffs Did Not Come Sooner.
You know that Trump voting farmers were mule headed, and I think the economic pain from Trump’s trade war needed to happen sooner to dappen the enthusiasm for Trump on the farm. President Donald Trump’s trade disputes with China, Mexico and Canada are already eroding the value of American agricultural production, with soybean growers alone…